The World At Night
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| One People, One Sky | |
| Photography website | |
| languages | English |
| operator | Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) |
| editorial staff | Babak Amin Tafreshi and Mike Simmons |
| On-line | Fall 2007 |
| http://www.twanight.org/ | |
The World At Night (short TWAN ; German: Die Welt bei Nacht ) is an international project to produce and present artistically appealing photographs , films and animations of the night sky of natural , cultural and historical monuments all over the world . Based on its peace-making motto "One People, One Sky" (German for example: "One people, one sky"), the project wants to build a bridge between art , humanity and science on its website and demonstrate that the night sky over all sights and symbols of different nations and regions is always the same and sublime . TWAN wants to emphasize the cohesive nature of the earth as a planet instead of a merging of man-made territories and thus show that humanity is one family under the roof of the night sky.
The project, founded in autumn 2007 by the Iranian Babak Amin Tafreshi , is supported with contributions from around 30 photographers from all over the world and is coordinated by the Astronomers Without Borders organization founded by the American Mike Simmons . In addition to the main photo and video galleries on the TWAN website, there are also UNESCO World Heritage galleries and images that have appeared on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day website . There is also a guest gallery where you can upload your own pictures of the night sky. In total, TWAN contains over 1500 photos, videos and animations.
The image material on the website is subject to traditional copyright regulations and is disseminated via the TWAN website, media reports and through presentations and exhibitions in various countries. TWAN events took place in the United States , Brazil , Chile , France , Germany , Italy , Turkey , Algeria , Iran , India , Thailand , South Korea , South Africa and Australia , among others . The images are also published in the form of books and DVDs.
The World At Night has been designated by UNESCO and the International Astronomical Union as a special project of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy . A TWAN exhibition accompanied the opening ceremony of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris .
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- ^ Mike Simmons, Babak A. Tafreshi: The World at Night (TWAN): A Special IYA2009 Project with a New Perspective of Earth and Sky . In: American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting # 212, # 78.03 (Ed.): Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society . tape 40 , May 2008, p. 262 , bibcode : 2008AAS ... 212.7803S (English).
- ↑ About TWAN. In: TWAN. Astronomers Without Borders, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ^ Mike Simmons, Babak A. Tafreshi: The World At Night: A New International Year of Astronomy 2009 Project. In: CAP Journal Issue 2. International Astronomical Union DIVISION XII Commission 55, February 2008, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Photographers. In: TWAN. Astronomers Without Borders, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ^ Photo Policy and Terms of Use. In: TWAN. Astronomers Without Borders, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ^ John Roach, " Top 10 Images of the World at Night, " MSNBC website.
- ^ Table of events , twanight.org.
- ↑ TWAN Features in IYA2009 Publications. In: TWAN. Astronomers Without Borders, November 15, 2008, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ^ The World at Night: one people, one sky. In: astronomy2009.org. UNESCO and IAU, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Mike Simmons: The Year of Astronomy Begins. In: skyandtelescope.com. Sky Publishing, January 19, 2009, accessed January 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Photo Report: IYA2009 Opening Ceremony and IAU260 in UNESCO. In: TWAN. Astronomers Without Borders, accessed January 3, 2011 .